NESCOPECK — The annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival, perhaps the most laid-back festival you’ll ever attend, is set for July 11 and 12.

Farmer and music lover Richard Briggs has held the festival at his farm on Route 93 for the past several years. He began the festival as a means to indulge his love of the music, as well as a way to supplement the income of the farm, and each year, the festival gets better and better.

Each day, four acts take the main stage, and four other acts appear on the more intimate Back Porch stage at the other end of the venue. On Friday, the music starts at 4 p.m., and on Saturday, it starts at 3:30 p.m.

Friday’s main stage acts include Kelly Richey, Bobby Kyle, Johnny Rawls and Nora Jean Bruso. Richey has appeared at Briggs Farm before, and her scorching guitar licks have earned her the nickname “the female Jimmi Hendrix.” Johnny Rawls and Nora Jean Bruso are also well-known in the region, as both have appeared at the Billtown Blues Festival in recent years.

Saturday’s line-up includes the Sarah Ayers Band, Colin John and Michael Hill, Clarence Spady and Big George Brock. Ayers, a graduate of Susquehanna University, has appeared at Briggs Farm before, as has Scranton-area resident Spady. At 75 years old, Big George Brock is one of the last of the old time Delta bluesmen.

Tickets for the Briggs Farm Blues Festival are $25 for each day or $35 for both days.

To reach Briggs Farm, follow Interstate 80 east to the Berwick-Lime Ridge exit and take Route 11 north to Berwick. In Berwick, take Route 93 south through Nescopeck for four miles to Briggs Farm. For additional information, call 379-2003.